Perhaps you should return something? And not null. Or you change the scope to APPLICATION? Here's my menu bean: @Stateless | @Name("sideNavigationMenu") | @Scope(ScopeType.APPLICATION) | public class SideNavigationMenu implements SideNavigation { | @In | private FacesContext facesContext; | | @In @Valid | private User user; | | public List<MenuItem> getPanelNavigationItems() { | List<MenuItem> menu = new ArrayList<MenuItem>(); | | // generate menu | | return menu; | } And the JSF: <ui:define name="sidebar"> | <ice:form> | <ice:menuBar orientation="vertical"> | <ice:menuItems value="#{sideNavigationMenu.panelNavigationItems}" /> | </ice:menuBar> | </ice:form> | </ui:define> But I've another problem: As soon as I click on a menu item, an ICEfaces dialog pops up telling me the session is expired. What's that? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3995866#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...